HOUGHTON — The Upper Peninsula’s quirkiest New Year’s Eve tradition is back! Visit Keweenaw and the City of Houghton invite locals and visitors alike to bundle up and head to the downtown Houghton Waterfront Pier for the annual Houghton Chook Drop. This a one-of-a-kind celebration is ...

LANSING — Michigan communities will soon benefit from the addition of 50 state troopers who graduated Frisay afternoon from the 149th Trooper Recruit School. During the ceremony in Lansing, Col. James F. Grady II, director of the Michigan State Police (MSP) administered the Oath of Office to ...

HOUGHTON – The newly formed County-Held Properties Committee will hold a meeting at 9:30 a.m. Wed in the Conference Room on the fifth floor of the Houghton County Courthouse. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the pros and cons of all properties owned by Houghton County. The ...

MARQUETTE — This past summer, the U.S. Geological Survey began large-scale low-level airplane flights over the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin. The goal of the project is to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition to depths of approximately ...

HOUGHTON – At approximately 9:50 a.m. Monday, the Hurontown and Houghton City Fire Departments responded to a report of a structure fire on Woodland Road, in Houghton. No injuries were reported and the fire was quickly extinguished. The home was occupied at the time. Houghton Fire fighter ...